Demographic and Health Survey 2006-07 - IPUMS Subset
Pakistan, 2006 - 2007
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Reference ID
PAK_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Metadata
Created on
Aug 15, 2018
Last modified
May 14, 2020
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- Data files
- PAK2006-B.dat
- PAK2006-C.dat
- PAK2006-H.dat
- PAK2006-W.dat
Ethnicity, Pakistan (B_ETHNICITYPK)
Data file: PAK2006-B.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
229
End:
230
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
116) What is your mother tongue?
URDU 01
PUNJABI 02
SINDHI 03
PUSHTO 04
BALOCHI 05
ENGLISH 06
BARAUHI 07
SIRAIKI 08
KASHMIRI 09
PAHARI 10
POTOWARI 12
MARWARI 13
FARSI 14
OTHER 96
URDU 01
PUNJABI 02
SINDHI 03
PUSHTO 04
BALOCHI 05
ENGLISH 06
BARAUHI 07
SIRAIKI 08
KASHMIRI 09
PAHARI 10
POTOWARI 12
MARWARI 13
FARSI 14
OTHER 96
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Urdu |
| 02 | Punjabi |
| 03 | Sindhi |
| 04 | Pushto |
| 05 | Balochi |
| 06 | English |
| 07 | Barauhi |
| 08 | Siraiki |
| 09 | Hindko |
| 10 | Kashmiri |
| 11 | Pahari |
| 12 | Potowari |
| 13 | Marwari |
| 14 | Farsi |
| 20 | Other |
| 21 | Shina |
| 22 | Brushaski |
| 23 | Wakhi |
| 24 | Chitrali/Khwar |
| 25 | Balti |
| 96 | Other, unspecified |
| 97 | Don't know |
| 98 | Missing |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Definition
ETHNICITYPK (V131PK) is a variable specific to Pakistan that reports the woman's ethnicity according to responses to a question about the woman's first language. The groups identified vary across samples. See Comparability.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and religion Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |